Wyoming Teenager Killed in Crash Near Medicine Bow

Blizzard conditions and driver inexperience are likely what caused a crash that killed a Wyoming teenager over the weekend.

Ryon Countryman, 19, of Hudson, died at the scene of the crash on Wyoming State Highway 487 roughly 11 miles north of Medicine Bow at about 4 p.m. Sunday.

Countryman was a passenger in a 2006 Kia Spectra driven by 18-year-old Carson Holwell of Sheridan. They were southbound in blizzard conditions, according to a news release from the Wyoming Highway Patrol.

Patrol Sgt. David Wagener says several vehicles ahead of Holwell lost control and were running off the snow- and ice-covered highway. Holwell braked to avoid those vehicles, and lost control of the Kia.

The Kia crossed the centerline of the highway and hit a northbound 1991 Ford F-250 pickup truck head-on.